Jaden Ivey's wife disputes claim she 'abandoned' him after he was waived amid anti-pride month remark

The woman of NBA subordinate Jaden Ivey has disputed claims that she "abandoned" him aft helium was waived pursuing comments successful which helium criticized pridefulness month, citing his Christian faith.

Caitlin Ivey, who has had 2 children with her husband, made a station connected her Instagram communicative connected Wednesday successful effect to comments from societal media users who person accused her of "abandoning" Jaden.

"These DMs (and galore more) implicit 1 prevarication spoken connected my name," she wrote. "If you cognize me, you cognize I person ne'er erstwhile abandoned that antheral done each the trials … and I inactive haven’t now. There is evidently a batch much going on, truthful permission your conspiracies and guesses to yourselves."

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Jaden Ivey #31 of the Chicago Bulls warms up anterior to the crippled against the Denver Nuggets astatine the United Center connected Feb. 7, 2026 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Jayden Mack/Getty Images)

Jaden himself made claims during an Instagram livestream that his woman had been watching his broadcast without speaking to him aft the contention involving his anti-pride period remarks erupted.

"Those who are astir me, those who are my household members betraying due to the fact that of what I spoke. The truth. Betraying me. Saying that I’m losing my mind. Saying that I’m crazy. These are my ain household members, my blood. ‘Man, he’s psycho. He’s this, he’s that.’ Those are my ain household," Jaden said. "That’s wherefore my woman successful here, and she not adjacent texting me."

The Bulls claimed Ivey was waived for "conduct detrimental to the team" aft helium made the comments captious of pridefulness month.

In a bid of Instagram unrecorded posts, Ivey gave his thoughts connected being waived by the Bulls.

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Jaden Ivey of the Chicago Bulls reacts during the crippled against the Brooklyn Nets astatine Barclays Center connected Feb. 9, 2026 successful New York City. (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

"They’re liars, bro. This is lying," Ivey said successful 1 Instagram live. "They’re lying saying my behaviour is detrimental to the team. That’s a lie. Ask immoderate 1 of them coaches successful there, ‘Was I a bully teammate?’ All I’m preaching astir is Jesus Christ and they waived me. They accidental I’m crazy, right? I’m psycho.

"They gonna effort to halt maine but I’m not, I’m going to support speaking the truth. That’s wherefore everybody astir maine turning their backmost connected maine due to the fact that of my faith. I didn’t get myself waived. I was successful the gym today, I was rehabbing, lifting, and doing what was required of maine successful my job… I could’ve discontinue connected my ain aforesaid but they kicked maine out."

Ivey aboriginal spoke astir his addiction to pornography and however Christianity helped him flooded it. 

"Before I came to the Lord Jesus Christ, the NBA was everything to me," Ivey said successful 1 livestream. "I didn’t cognize God. I didn’t cognize Jesus erstwhile I came to the NBA. I was a fornicator, I was a pornography addict and I utilized to get drunk. That’s each I knew. And aft a win, and aft each those points, I felt good… I felt similar I had everything acceptable retired for me." 

Ivey besides appeared to knock Steph Curry and LeBron James, questioning their devotion to Christianity.

"That’s wherefore you got Steph Curry… helium don’t cognize Jesus, and I commune helium comes to the truth, that him and his household beryllium saved successful Jesus' name… " Ivey said. "All them rings helium got, each them rings LeBron got, each them rings Michael Jordan got, each them radical successful the Hall of Fame who don’t cognize Jesus Christ — No. It’s not gonna substance connected Judgment Day if you don’t cognize Jesus and your sanction is not written successful the publication of life."

Ivey’s video calling retired the league was posted connected Monday morning, arsenic helium said it was "unrighteousness" that the NBA would observe pridefulness month. 

"The satellite tin proclaim LGBTQ, right?" Ivey said successful that video. "They proclaim pridefulness period and the NBA. They proclaim it. They amusement it to the world. They say, ‘Come articulation america for pridefulness period to observe unrighteousness.’ They proclaim it. They proclaim it connected the billboards. They proclaim successful the streets. Unrighteousness. So, however is it that 1 can’t talk righteousness? Who are they to accidental that this antheral is crazy?"

Ivey besides said successful a antithetic video that Catholicism was a "false religion," which comes arsenic a imaginable contented for Ivey’s mother. 

Ivey was the 5th wide prime of the 2022 NBA Draft by the Pistons, who hoped helium would beryllium a cardinal portion successful their rebuild. He was coagulated to commencement his career, making the 2022-23 NBA All-Rookie squad aft averaging 16.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, portion shooting 41.6% from the field. 

Ivey was traded to the Bulls arsenic portion of a three-team woody involving his erstwhile Detroit Pistons and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

He posted a career-high 17.6 points per crippled during the 2024-25 campaign, arsenic the Purdue merchandise looked to beryllium hitting his stride. 

However, Ivey saw a regression successful his accumulation this year, chiefly playing disconnected the seat for the Pistons earlier the trade.

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Jaden Ivey of the Chicago Bulls successful enactment during the crippled against the Brooklyn Nets astatine Barclays Center connected Feb. 9, 2026 successful New York City. (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

Ivey played conscionable 4 games with the Bulls, averaging 11.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per crippled earlier his release.

Fox News Digital's Scott Thompson contributed to this report. 

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